David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… Portrait Gallery, PG 1057. Abstract David Hume was a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and an active participant in European networks. He believed in the power of sociability, in the fundamental human connections. … in theory and in practice, he belonged to diverse clubs and societies in Scotland and London, then at Hume’s participation in the Republic of Letters , and finally at philosophy as the practice of sociability. People > Philosophy … competing for the attention of publishers and the public, and as vulnerable as anyone else to the slings and arrows of partisan prejudice.’ 2 2 . John Robertson, ‘Hume, David (1711–1776), philosopher and historian’, Oxford Dictionary of …
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